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I hope you had a Happy Valentine’s Day weekend. February has a special emotional focus on the heart: love and romance. It’s also the perfect time to talk about the heart in its physical sense: heart health awareness...

A new study in the journal Health Affairs shows organizations making home deliveries to needful seniors saves millions each year, by helping keep those seniors out of nursing homes.
In Atlanta, Meals on Wheels also...

Jack Frost may nip your nose but sometimes he takes a bite. The result is frostbite which can range in severity from superficial freezing of the top layer of your skin (“frostnip”) to severe and permanent damage due to...

Lasers are cutting edge. They’re used in all kinds of products -- from music players and printers, to surgical tools.
But use of lasers in toys has the FDA worried and, as a parent and a physician, I share their concern...

Flu season is here. If that isn't reason enough to get a flu shot, maybe this will persuade you: A new study in the journal Heart found flu vaccination may help prevent heart attacks.
Researchers concluded flu...

Kids and tobacco – any kind of tobacco -- is a deadly combination. In far too many cases, it’s also illegal: every day in the U.S., nearly 4000 kids under 18 smoke their first cigarette -- even though buying tobacco...

There’s a lot of buzz about e-cigs – electronic cigarettes.
They look like cigarettes, but aren’t.
Battery operated, they create a vapor. Not smoke.
E-cigs are marketed as an alternative to traditional smokes, but are...